50-7-105 - Repeal or suspension of chapter upon invalidity of federal statute.

50-7-105. Repeal or suspension of chapter upon invalidity of federal statute.

(a)  Notwithstanding anything contained in this chapter to the contrary, if the Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1976, as codified in 5 U.S.C. §§ 8501, 8503-8506, 8521, 8522; 26 U.S.C. §§ 3301, 3303, 3304, 3306, 3309, 6157; 29 U.S.C. §§ 49b, 49d; and 42 U.S.C. §§ 603(a), 607, 1101, 1301, 1321, 1382, 1382(a), 1382(d), 1382(e), are adjudged invalid or unconstitutional in their application to the employees of this state or any of its agencies or political subdivisions by a court of competent jurisdiction, then the coverage of those employees under Acts 1977, chapter 330, as codified in this chapter, is automatically repealed to the extent of the adjudged inapplicability.

(b)  The repeal shall be effective from the date of final disposition upon appeal or from the date of expiration of the right of appeal.

(c)  If the effect of Pub. L. No. 94-566 as applied to employees of this state or any of its agencies or political subdivisions is suspended by injunction issued by a court of competent jurisdiction, then the coverage of those employees under Acts 1977, chapter 330, as codified in this chapter, is automatically suspended to the extent of the enjoined applicability of that law.

[Acts 1978, ch. 851, § 1; T.C.A., § 50-1363.]